3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> commit cc400e185c07c15a42d2635995f422de5b94b696 upstream. Some low-level comedi drivers (incorrectly) point `dev->read_subdev` or `dev->write_subdev` to a subdevice that does not support asynchronous commands. Comedi's poll(), read() and write() file operation handlers assume these subdevices do support asynchronous commands. In particular, they assume `s->async` is valid (where `s` points to the read or write subdevice), which it won't be if it has been set incorrectly. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Check `s->async` is non-NULL in `comedi_poll()`, `comedi_read()` and `comedi_write()` to avoid the bug. Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c @@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ static unsigned int comedi_poll(struct f mask = 0; read_subdev = comedi_get_read_subdevice(dev_file_info); - if (read_subdev) { + if (read_subdev && read_subdev->async) { poll_wait(file, &read_subdev->async->wait_head, wait); if (!read_subdev->busy || comedi_buf_read_n_available(read_subdev->async) > 0 @@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ static unsigned int comedi_poll(struct f } } write_subdev = comedi_get_write_subdevice(dev_file_info); - if (write_subdev) { + if (write_subdev && write_subdev->async) { poll_wait(file, &write_subdev->async->wait_head, wait); comedi_buf_write_alloc(write_subdev->async, write_subdev->async->prealloc_bufsz); @@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ static ssize_t comedi_write(struct file } s = comedi_get_write_subdevice(dev_file_info); - if (s == NULL) { + if (s == NULL || s->async == NULL) { retval = -EIO; goto done; } @@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ static ssize_t comedi_read(struct file * } s = comedi_get_read_subdevice(dev_file_info); - if (s == NULL) { + if (s == NULL || s->async == NULL) { retval = -EIO; goto done; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html